Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Government Shut Down??

This website is dedicated to common sense – conservative common
sense. So today’s topic is the latest nonsense
with the government shutdown. When I
think of the government being shut down, I think of abandoned building, parks,
and museums. But in some cases, the
opposite is true. Take the WWII
memorial. I don’t know if you have ever
visited this memorial, but if you haven’t, it is outside. There are no gates, no doors, no blockades of
anykind restricting anyone access to it.
It is basically a monument in the park.
It is not something you go inside, but simply something you view. It is an attraction that does NOT require ANY
personnel in order for visitors to enjoy it.
You would think that with a government shutdown, there would be no
reason for this monument to be “closed”.
In fact, there really isn’t anything TO close. It is just a monument in the park. I can understand a museum being closed. It is a building, with doors. This is not.
It is a group of beautifully carved stones honoring those that literally
saved this great country in WWII.

With the government shut down, you expect that there would
be no park ranger there to offer interpretations of the monument. You would expect there to be no one from the
government there. But instead, while the
government is SHUTDOWN, there are MORE federal employees there. Since this monument has no doors or gates, the
federal government had to take great pains in order to “close” it - erecting barricades
so that the tax payers can’t access it.
And while the government is shutdown, the people who erected these barricades
get paid. And to make sure no one goes
around the barricades, there are extra police now guarding these monuments
ready to arrest anyone who tries to get close to the monument - even if you are
one of those that the monument is supposed to be honoring. Read the story here: http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=953619#.UkxDaoaxc1K

I don’t know about you, but this doesn’t make any sense to
me. If the government is shutdown, why
are there MORE people working at a site that requires no one when the
government is not shutdown. Then again,
in government there is no common sense.